include/xen/interface/elfnote.h

   1 /******************************************************************************
   2  * elfnote.h
   3  *
   4  * Definitions used for the Xen ELF notes.
   5  *
   6  * Copyright (c) 2006, Ian Campbell, XenSource Ltd.
   7  */
   8
   9 #ifndef __XEN_PUBLIC_ELFNOTE_H__
  10 #define __XEN_PUBLIC_ELFNOTE_H__
  11
  12 /*
  13  * The notes should live in a SHT_NOTE segment and have "Xen" in the
  14  * name field.
  15  *
  16  * Numeric types are either 4 or 8 bytes depending on the content of
  17  * the desc field.
  18  *
  19  * LEGACY indicated the fields in the legacy __xen_guest string which
  20  * this a note type replaces.
  21  */
  22
  23 /*
  24  * NAME=VALUE pair (string).
  25  *
  26  * LEGACY: FEATURES and PAE
  27  */
  28 #define XEN_ELFNOTE_INFO           0
  29
  30 /*
  31  * The virtual address of the entry point (numeric).
  32  *
  33  * LEGACY: VIRT_ENTRY
  34  */
  35 #define XEN_ELFNOTE_ENTRY          1
  36
  37 /* The virtual address of the hypercall transfer page (numeric).
  38  *
  39  * LEGACY: HYPERCALL_PAGE. (n.b. legacy value is a physical page
  40  * number not a virtual address)
  41  */
  42 #define XEN_ELFNOTE_HYPERCALL_PAGE 2
  43
  44 /* The virtual address where the kernel image should be mapped (numeric).
  45  *
  46  * Defaults to 0.
  47  *
  48  * LEGACY: VIRT_BASE
  49  */
  50 #define XEN_ELFNOTE_VIRT_BASE      3
  51
  52 /*
  53  * The offset of the ELF paddr field from the acutal required
  54  * psuedo-physical address (numeric).
  55  *
  56  * This is used to maintain backwards compatibility with older kernels
  57  * which wrote __PAGE_OFFSET into that field. This field defaults to 0
  58  * if not present.
  59  *
  60  * LEGACY: ELF_PADDR_OFFSET. (n.b. legacy default is VIRT_BASE)
  61  */
  62 #define XEN_ELFNOTE_PADDR_OFFSET   4
  63
  64 /*
  65  * The version of Xen that we work with (string).
  66  *
  67  * LEGACY: XEN_VER
  68  */
  69 #define XEN_ELFNOTE_XEN_VERSION    5
  70
  71 /*
  72  * The name of the guest operating system (string).
  73  *
  74  * LEGACY: GUEST_OS
  75  */
  76 #define XEN_ELFNOTE_GUEST_OS       6
  77
  78 /*
  79  * The version of the guest operating system (string).
  80  *
  81  * LEGACY: GUEST_VER
  82  */
  83 #define XEN_ELFNOTE_GUEST_VERSION  7
  84
  85 /*
  86  * The loader type (string).
  87  *
  88  * LEGACY: LOADER
  89  */
  90 #define XEN_ELFNOTE_LOADER         8
  91
  92 /*
  93  * The kernel supports PAE (x86/32 only, string = "yes" or "no").
  94  *
  95  * LEGACY: PAE (n.b. The legacy interface included a provision to
  96  * indicate 'extended-cr3' support allowing L3 page tables to be
  97  * placed above 4G. It is assumed that any kernel new enough to use
  98  * these ELF notes will include this and therefore "yes" here is
  99  * equivalent to "yes[entended-cr3]" in the __xen_guest interface.
 100  */
 101 #define XEN_ELFNOTE_PAE_MODE       9
 102
 103 /*
 104  * The features supported/required by this kernel (string).
 105  *
 106  * The string must consist of a list of feature names (as given in
 107  * features.h, without the "XENFEAT_" prefix) separated by '|'
 108  * characters. If a feature is required for the kernel to function
 109  * then the feature name must be preceded by a '!' character.
 110  *
 111  * LEGACY: FEATURES
 112  */
 113 #define XEN_ELFNOTE_FEATURES      10
 114
 115 /*
 116  * The kernel requires the symbol table to be loaded (string = "yes" or "no")
 117  * LEGACY: BSD_SYMTAB (n.b. The legacy treated the presence or absence
 118  * of this string as a boolean flag rather than requiring "yes" or
 119  * "no".
 120  */
 121 #define XEN_ELFNOTE_BSD_SYMTAB    11
 122
 123 #endif /* __XEN_PUBLIC_ELFNOTE_H__ */
 124
 125 /*
 126  * Local variables:
 127  * mode: C
 128  * c-set-style: "BSD"
 129  * c-basic-offset: 4
 130  * tab-width: 4
 131  * indent-tabs-mode: nil
 132  * End:
 133  */